Mike Boland

After lots of waiting, Siri AI is finally here. That is… it’s here in beta form. With iOS 27’s open beta, available for the first time this week, Siri AI can finally see the light of day. This will likely be downloaded by a handful of early adopters and AI enthusiasts, but it’s also time to anticipate the wider release. Stepping back, where are we and how did we get here?

Every year, the geospatial world gathers to talk about the same promise: better maps, better visualization, better ways to see the built and natural world in three dimensions. As thousands of GIS professionals gather for this year’s Esri User Conference, the digital twin conversation is going to be everywhere on the agenda again: planning twins, 3D city models, real time operations views. That is not a coincidence.

Customer experience (CX) has always been a ripe area of data collection and analysis. It helps businesses get a health check on their customers – or potential customers – to help steer their product road maps or get smarter about what to do next. These are the insights that Alchemer synthesizes. “Maybe you just bought a video game, and they want to know after the first 10-hours of playing, are you still finding the game interesting?” said Alchemer Chief Customer Officer, Ryan Tamminga.